Its after midnight and I'm tired. So here are some cartoons about Schrodinger's Cat, which I have been thinking about a lot lately for some reason...
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Cartoon #1: "We may, or may not, have cloned Schrodinger's cat"
Cartoon @2: "Being simultaneously dead and alive in the box gave me an incredible perspective over the "life, the universe, and everything". And I am here to tell it to the world!"
Ok, to be completely honest I came up with this idea thanks to Mr. Fullerton and Goalkeeper0.
Anyways, whenever someone talks about Faraday's Cage, I think about that scene in Sorcerer's Apprentice. Not only is it a funny movie, but it's got physics in it. Not to mention Nicholas Cage (hahaha Nicholas Cage, Faraday's Cage, no pun intended). What's not to love? So here's a clip from the movie, which is a great and really cool example of Faraday's Cage. Enjoy the Show!
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As promised, I looked into how fast the Batmobile would go on a frictionless plane instead of the roads of Gotham. To compare the difference, I used everyone's loving friend, Energy.
uk= .8
aB= 60 mph in 2.4 seconds (after some conversions....)= 11.17 m/s
mB= 4500 lbs (FYI, I was wrong, a tank weighs 135,000 lbs)
F-Ff= mBa
mBaB- ukmBg= mBa
(4500) (11.17) - .8(4500) (9.8)= 4500a
a= 10.376 m/s
They may not look like a big difference; well, its not in the short distance.
x= 1 mile= 160
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The best:
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